27 September, 2016

Interview With Al-Nusra Commander: "The Americans stand on our side"

It was the
seventh trip by my son Frederic and me to the civil war country
Syria. We were there for 13 days. Words can only barely describe the
extend of damage and suffering on both sides.

We conducted
the interview ten days ago with a commander of the al-Qaida branch
"Jabhat al-Nusra". Abu al-Ezz reported quite openly about
his financiers Saudi-Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait. We were able to
exactly research the identity of the man and know practically
everything about him.

The
interview was arranged by a rebel from Aleppo. I have had contacts to
Syrian rebels for years. It was conducted outside of Aleppo in a
quarry in direct sight- and shooting-distance of Jabhat al-Nusra and
could only be reached safely by a member of al-Nusra.

His fighters
were partially not masked, i.e. easily identifiable. Part of his
statements were nearly verbally confirmed shortly thereafter by a
mufti in Aleppo. Other assertions about the lack of interest of
rebels towards a ceasefire and an international aid-convoy also bore
out. Just like his predictions about planned military activities in
several cities of Syria.

Abu al-Ezz,
commander, says about Jabhat al-Nusra (al-Qaeda): "We are one
part of al-Qaeda. Our principles are: Fighting vice, pureness and
security. Our affairs and our way have changed. Israel, for example,
is now supporting us, because Israel is at war with Syria and with
Hizbullah.

America also
changed its opinion about us. Originally "IS" and us were
one group. But "IS" was used in the interests of big states
like America, for political reasons, and was steered away from our
principles. It became clear to us that most of their leaders work
with secret security services. We, Jabhat al-Nusra, have our own way.
In the past they with us, they were our supporters.

Our aim is
the downfall of the dictatorial regime, the tyrannical regime, the
regime of the apostate. Our aim is the conduct of conquests, like
[the great Arab general] Khaled ibn al-Walid made them. First in the
Arab world and then in Europe.

A
sample of the interview:

... the
U.S. support the opposition, but not directly. They support the
countries which support us. But we are not yet satisfied with this
support. They should support us with highly developed weapons. We
have won battles thanks to the "TOW" missiles. We reached a
balance with the regime through these missiles. We received the tanks
from Libya through Turkey. Also the "BMs" - multiple rocket
launchers. The regime excels us only with their fighter jets,
missiles and missile launchers. We captured a share of its missile
launchers and a large share came from abroad. But it is through the
American "TOW" that we have the situation in some regions
under control. [...] the missiles were give directly to us. They
were delivered to a certain group. When the "road" was
closed and we were besieged we had officers here from Turkey, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Israel and the United States. [...] Americans are on
our side, but not as it should be. For example we were told: We must
capture and conquer "Battalion 47". Saudi Arabia gave us
500 million Syrian pounds. For taking the "al-Muslimiya"
infantry school years ago we received from Kuwait 1.5 million Kuwaiti
dinar and from Saudi Arabia 5 million U.S. dollars.